People first domesticated wild animals and plants more than10000 years ago.The first peoples of North America quickly learned to farm using hand andanimalpower.... » 

People first domesticated wild animals and plants more than10000 years ago.The first peoples of North America quickly learned to farm using hand andanimalpower. As technology developed farming machines were invented. Thesehelped develop farming in many regions of North America previously toodifficult to cultivate. From 1840 to 1880 Wisconsin USA became the breadbasketof America and crop and livestockfarming developed quickly. The village ofMonticello is famous for its dairy farming and cheese. The community is stilllargely based on this. It has a population of about 1200 people and is thefocus of this book about life in a farming community. «